Supreme Court of Kansas· 5/20/2011

Hockett v. TREES OIL CO.

Citations

251 P.3d 65
292 Kan. 213
180 Oil & Gas Rep. 774
2011 Kan. LEXIS 188

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holding that state conservation fees assessed downstream against first purchasers did not constitute post-production costs that were required to be shared by the royalty owner.
“[T]he term proceeds’ in a royalty clause refers to the gross sale price in the contract between the first purchaser and the [operator].”
royalty clause gave fractional interest in either “proceeds if sold at the well,” or “market value at the well”
If a trial court reaches the correct result, its decision will be upheld even though it relied upon the wrong ground or assigned erroneous reasons for its decision.
if district court reaches the correct result, its decision will be upheld even though it relied upon the wrong ground or assigned erroneous reasons for its decision
if district court reaches the correct result, its decision will be upheld even though it relied upon the wrong ground or assigned erroneous reasons for its decision

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